Computer security incidents against Australian businesses: predictors of victimisation

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22 September 2010Drawing on data from the 4,000 businesses that responded to the Australian Business Assessment of Computer User Security (ABACUS) survey, this paper examines a range of factors that may influence the likelihood of a business being victimised by a computer security incident.

It uses probability modelling to test whether business size, industry sector, level of outsourcing, expenditure on computer security functions and types of computer security tools and/or policies used influence the probability of incidents. The number of employees and whether computer security functions were outsourced were found to be key indicators of the likelihood of detecting incidents. Some of the implications of these findings are considered in this paper.

 

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Publication typeDiscussion paper
Publisher TypeAcademic research centre, APO Member
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/22655
Views2333

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